Statins Losing Their Luster?

STATINS HAVE NUMEROUS intriguing and potentially desirable pleiotropic anti-inflammatory effects that may clinically benefit patients undergoing cardiac surgery with/without cardiopulmonary bypass.1,2 Suggested clinical benefits include decreased postoperative morbidity (renal dysfunction, atrial fibrillation, myocardial infarction, stroke, infection) as well as decreased in-hospital mortality. While suppressing perioperative inflammation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery appears to make sense, nothing is ever as simple as it seems.
Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research